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Jugales t1_isnaqew wrote

Spread of electricity has gone up too. Correlation or causation?

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LeonDeSchal t1_isntcvi wrote

They also have lots more toilets.

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pbradley179 t1_iso9n8q wrote

Poopin' myself rich on company time!

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chintakoro t1_isot5ot wrote

this is why so many companies buy the cheapest scratchy toilet paper :(

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horselips48 t1_isp7m1l wrote

Give me good tp and I'll wipe for an hour. Give me cheap tp and I'll have no skin left to wipe in 15 min.

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Beetin t1_ispnqwv wrote

Access to electricity is literally one of the metrics for calculating poverty in the model they use (it isn't poverty in a purely financial sense)

So... 100% causation by definition? A direct measurement of the value?

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ninjanamaka t1_isoikse wrote

I am reading the report now. It mentions bundling of indicators. One indicator can be very closely linked to another

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Gulbahar-00 t1_isnd46o wrote

Electricity costs money

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Piecesof3ight t1_isnfjrk wrote

Well the government builds infrastructure, then individuals use it to make profitable businesses. And the government can fund at a deficit if need be, so there need not necessarily be much money at all to start.

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Jugales t1_isojdkw wrote

I agree, it's more of an investment than a service.

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redfishing229 t1_isrjiu0 wrote

I think so and I think they have been building a ton of new highways around the whole country as well

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